Archives - 28 May 2017, Sunday

VentureBeat's GreenBeat May 28, 2017 2017 Kia Niro Touring, Catskill Mountains, NY, March 2017 Enlarge Photo A chatbot would never lie to you, right? That’s what I wanted to find out when I tested a Facebook Messenger chatbot for the 2017 Kia Niro crossover , which recently won the Gu...

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Heeb says the particles are so small they penetrate lung tissue and pass into the bloodstream, bringing those toxins with them. Is this beginning to sound like the days when researchers first told the world about all the nasty stuff contained in cigarette smoke? It should because it t...

Tesla has already passed the 2 billion mile mark. Once its Model 3 hits the market, its pace of data collection will accelerate dramatically. Other manufacturers are scrambling to catch up but are years behind after leaving the starting gate late. Waymo, the autonomous car division of...

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Mitsubishi has delivered 635 Outlander PHEV vehicles to the National Police of Ukraine on May 25 through its local importer and distributor MMC Ukraine. The vehicle order stems from an emissions trading agreement signed by a number of Japanese companies with the Government of Ukraine....

Lyft has officially unveiled three new features that were suggested by its drivers. Together, the new suite of offerings is designed to make driving for Lyft more pleasant and more profitable. Until now, one of the drawbacks for hide hailing drivers has been not knowing where their ri...

Argonne researchers make vanadium into a useful low-cost catalyst for hydrogenation 28 May 2017 Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed an unusually active form of vanadium for hydrogenation reactions. Vanadium is an inexpensive common m...

Consumers are suing General Motors for allegedly rigging the emissions controls in Duramax diesel trucks in order to pass emissions tests, while in real world conditions the trucks emit 2 to 5 times the legal limits of deadly NOx pollutants, according to Hagens Berman. The lawsuit sta...

Are you looking for the cheapest electric car you can buy in the US? If so, the first thing you need to do is define your terms. There is great debate about whether a plug-in hybrid like the Chevy Volt is truly an electric car. To purists, anything with a gasoline range-extending engi...

Ben Rich May 17, 2017 Follow Ben Lightning LS218 electric motorcycle Enlarge Photo Lightning Motorcycles is known for pushing the boundaries of electric motorcycles. In 2013, it set the record for the fastest production electric motorcycle, at an adrenaline-pumping 218 mph. Now Lightn...

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The Finn came up upon backmarkers by lap 26 and needed to negotiate the narrow city streets, barriers, and elevation changes while attempting not to lose time. He fell to position 3 after being called into the pits prior to his Ferrari teammate, Sebastian Vettel. In the meantime, Vett...

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In an amazing performance at a NATO function in Brussels, Donald Trump announced to the assembled dignitaries, “The Germans are bad, very bad. Look at the millions of cars they sell in the U.S. We will stop this.” Trump’s clear misunderstanding of international trade could have devast...

At Sullivan Chevrolet, the salespeople and managers have found having a good selection of electric cars in several colors with a variety of option packages helps. They also keep their inventory parked outside near the front of the store under a canopy of solar panels. That gets people...

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Audi puts steel back in the new A8 12 May 2017 The new Audi A8, scheduled for release in 2018, features a multi-material body structure (earlier post ) consisting of more than 40% steel. That’s a marked turnaround from the all-aluminum body-in-white which Audi developed for the A8 in ...